The great shortstop from the first great Wright brothers in America was analyzed in these threads:

1898 Ballot Discussion

1899 Ballot Discussion

Shortstops Positional Thread

If you know of any others, please let me know.

He was ROBBED in 1898!

Probably the single player who has moved up the most in my All-Time rankings since we finished with him. Unless your timeline flatly forbids it, he is one of the top 10 SS of All-Time and, therefore, a top half of the HoM guy.

Arguably the greatest player of the 19C (unless your timeline forbids it). Hughie Jennings with shoulders.

I don't know what you guys are talking about. I remember George Wright and he wasn't all that good -- good centerfielder, a little pop, but nothing special.

Somehow, that George Wright got an MVP vote once. So what was in that writer's morning coffee?

In his defense, Wright II was a gold glove centerfielder, who played everyday in 1983. And Texas was in first place at the half-way point that season. Back then, 18 homers for a good fielder was a lot and we only a very few of us in those pre-Bill James days (his second Ballantyne book had just been published in 1983) cared a whit about things like walks. And there was absolutely no reason to think that Wright would completely collapse after 1983. Through age-24 he was as good or better than Coco Crisp, Bernie Williams, Joe Adcock and Roy Sievers. He just never had a peak for some reason.

Wright severely hurt his shoulder by crashing into the centerfield wall at Comiskey Park in May of 1984 and then strained ligaments in his knee. He missed most of the next two months, but hit well (for him, .790 OPS) in August and September. However, the knee injury really hurt his ability to play center and when his bat disappeared in 1985, he was basically done.

Other Wright II notes: Dave Winfield vetoed a trade in 1984 that would have sent Wright, Larry Parrish and Danny Darwin to the Yankees for Winfield.

Wow. That George Wright has now been discussed by the HoM more than that George Wright!